SPORTS How will the SEC teams stack up post- season? See page 6 TheMONDAY, FEBRUARY Vanderbilt 22, 2010 • 122ND YEAR, NO. 13 • THE VOICE Hustler OF VANDERBILT SINCE 1888 www.InsideVandy.com CALENDAR TODAY New undergrad • Rites of Spring tickets Rites of Spring tickets Just dance are available at 10 a.m. Honor Council through Ticketmaster and at the Sarratt Box Offi ce. The lineup includes members elected Drake, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Phoenix and by LAURA DOLBOW Passion Pit. Asst News Editor Vanderbilt undergraduates selected new members and rati ed proposed changes • Nashville sit-ins to the constitution of the symposium The Offi ce of Active Undergraduate Honor Council Citizenship and Service earlier this month. will host a symposium e selection process for to refl ect on the 1960 new members was highly Nashville sit-ins from competitive, said Caroline 7 to 9 p.m. tonight in the Student Life Center Tredway, Honor Council’s vice Ballroom. president of public a airs. “We had over 80 applications • Mural painting in Rand this year. It’s the most we’ve ever The bare wall along the had that I know of,” she said. front of Rand Dining Hall CHRISTOPHER HONIBALL / The Vanderbilt Hustler e student body vote will be transformed into The 2010 Vanderbilt University Dance Marathon raised $176,698.24, benefi ting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. During a permanent mural by also approved all proposed students and others. The the event’s eight-year history, nearly $900,000 has been raised by the organization to support the hospital. amendments to the constitution, Department of Art and making changes to the selection Okay Mountain Collective on stage. process and establishing a will conduct workshops Students raise MONEY RAISED BY VUDM “( e night) was a lot of fun,” minimum GPA for members. throughout the week. $200,000 $ $176,698 to benefit he said. “I got to check a lot of $163,915 176,698 e changes were the result of TOMORROW things o my list for life: I was $150,000 $146,000 several years of work. • Blake Mycoskie speech Monroe Carrell Jr. $ $ hypnotized, got to ride a bull, got $100,000 100,600 144,823 “ e board two years ago Blake Mycoskie, founder in a fat-suit to sumo wrestle.” $112,432 came up with the ideas, the next of TOMS Shoes, will Children’s Hospital. $ Many Commodore athletes $50,000 48,000 board revised it, and we nally speak in Langford $6,000 Auditorium at 7 p.m. by JUSTIN TARDIFF attended to show their support $0 got the vote out. It wasn’t our Tickets are on sale for News Editor for the hospital. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 idea; we just helped nalize the $10, and all proceeds will “It’s all about the kids,” said changes,” Tredway said. benefi t Partners in Health Dancers and moralers football player Greg Billinger, a e board is optimistic that for their work in Haiti. celebrated Saturday morning senior. “I live o campus, and the changes will be bene cial. at the conclusion of the annual to get to campus I walk through “ e changes should help us Vanderbilt University Dance the Children’s Hospital almost run more smoothly and better Marathon, as the organization every day. I see a lot of the faces serve the Honor Council and the announced it had raised a — that’s why I’m here tonight.” student body,” Tredway said. ■ record-setting $176,698.24 e evening had special to bene t the Monroe Carell signi cance, as well, as families Jr. Children’s Hospital at who have bene ted from the NEW HONOR Vanderbilt. Children’s Hospital shared COUNCIL “We are absolutely thrilled,” their stories. Among them: said senior Liz Lehman, VUDM 12-year-old Hannah Huth, of MEMBERS director of public relations. “We the eponymous “Ask Hannah” made a $30,000 increase from posters seen around campus. A&S FRESHMEN last year’s total, in spite of the “Vanderbilt Children’s Margaret Gaby recession, and I think that is a Hospital is such a great place,” CHRISTOPHER HONIBALL / The Vanderbilt Hustler Will Taylor huge testament to how hard the she said. “I thank you so much.” Dance Marathon’s executive board leads the remaining students in Blair Moore WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 committee worked.” Turnout at Dance Marathon, a fi nal morale dance just before 7 a.m. on Saturday morning, Feb. 20, • Life and work of a e 14-hour event, now however, was somewhat less than 2010. Jake Tuascher Mexican-American in its eighth year, featured expected, despite having more Patrick Donahue author and artist performances by student registered participants than any AMIGOS will present Peter Stults a look into the life and groups, an hourly seven-minute prior marathon. “Individual Andrew Nicholas work of Enedina Casarez- “morale dance,” along with dancers were committed, but Pieter Valk Vasquez, a renowned appearances by musical acts the general Vandy community author and artist at 6:30 and by hypnotist Dr. Jon Taylor. didn’t come out as strongly as in Noah Haviv p.m. in Buttrick Hall, “ is year we made a little past years,” Lehman said. Michael Edwards followed by a reception. more e ort to have acts come in Dance Marathon is the largest later in the night,” said Lehman. student-run philanthropy at ENGINEERING “Having outside entertainment Vanderbilt. is year’s event FRESHMEN gave people a little more of a raised $30,000 more than last. IN THIS ISSUE Zach Roth boost.” Since 2003, the organization has CHRISTOPHER HONIBALL / The Vanderbilt Hustler OPINION: Freshman Jon Rice was among raised nearly $900,000 for the Students celebrate after the fi nal total is revealed on Saturday Evan Dalton Worst place to bring those selected to be hypnotized Children’s Hospital. ■ morning. Matthew Claussen fi reworks: A bar. Ray Wang See Sam Fraifeld page Lowell Hays 4 Mycoskie event to benefi t Haiti PEABODY FRESHMEN Carlyn Tomares by HANNAH TWILLMAN e TOMS organization works is so severe,” he said. “Obviously, Kelsey Margol Editor-in-Chief to use the purchasing power of there are other problems all over consumers to help bene t other the world, but I feel like we really Sara Greenberg INSIDEVANDY: His company’s shoes are societies. According to its “One for need to focus on Haiti at least Watch a video from by now a common accessory One” philosophy, for every pair of right now.” A&S SOPHOMORES this weekend’s around campus, and on Tuesday shoes bought, one pair is donated Pittman said they chose to Kristen Cattoi the Vanderbilt community will to a child in need in dozens of partner with Partners in Haiti Jared Goldfarb Dance Marathon. be able to meet the founder of countries around the world. because of its established history Go to InsideVandy.com TOMS Shoes, Blake Mycoskie. Organized by the Global in the country. Plus, TOMS Shoes Leslie Schichtel Mycoskie will be speaking Poverty Initiative, an umbrella is already partnered with the Danner Close about the company’s mission organization dedicated to organization — Partners in Health Peter Blumeyer WEATHER and practices beginning at 7 promoting solutions to poverty distributes the shoes delivered to Anna Muenchrath WEATHER.COM p.m. in Langford Auditorium. All and its symptoms around the Haiti by TOMS. Margaret Hernon TODAY proceeds from ticket sales will world since October, said senior e Dores for Haiti campaign be donated to Partners in Health Dave Pittman, one of the co- has already raised approximately through the Dores for Haiti founders of the group. When Port- $10,700 of its $25,000 goal, and ENGINEERING Disaster Relief Program. Tickets BLAKE MYCOSKIE au-Prince, Haiti, was devestated Pittman said he hopes this event SOPHOMORES are $10 and can be bought at the by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake can help get them even closer to Alexandra Seamens Sarratt Box O ce or at the door. from Tuesday’s event — will be in January, however, the group that goal. In addition, beginning Monday matched by the Entrepreneurs decided to switch its focus from “If we can sell out, that would at noon, all donations made Foundation Help Haiti Fund. For aid for Africa to Haitian relief, he mean about $10,000 for Partners JUNIOR (ADVISER) HIGH , LOW 50 33 to the Dores for Haiti relief one week, each contribution will said. in Health in the end,” he said. Allison Gordon Mostly Cloudy fund — including proceeds be doubled. “ e need in Haiti right now “Which would be huge.” ■ Over 35,000 unique visitors and hundreds of thousands of ad impressions each month. 2 Monday, February 22, 2010 The Vanderbilt Hustler www.insidevandy.com CONNIE Who is:DOWELL POSITION: Dean of Libraries Page Two AttENDED: MTSU (B.A. in Communications and Social Work), Peabody College (M.S. in Library and Information Science) CRIME LOG compiled by AMANDA NIEMAN Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7:13 a.m. IF You weren’T A DEAN OF LIBRARIES, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Two people were intoxicated and said they had taken prescription medication. Be an artist or a designer. Probably a very poor artist but a happy one. They were arrested on the 11th floor of the Critical Care Tower. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR FREE TIME? Tuesday, Feb. 16, 8:15 a.m. Books, films, theater, museums, gardening, tennis, cooking and travel. A wallet and its contents were stolen from a Wilson Hall women’s restroom. WHAT’s YOUR FAVORITE SPOT IN NASHVILLE? Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1:45 p.m.